Because of the shrinking population and internal migration, Japan has millions of unoccupied houses in rural areas. But thanks to the low prices and the lack of restrictions on foreigners ...

I don’t see rural residential property as an enticing investment ... And that can include espionage. Any place of stragic value can be a target. In Japan's case, its location location location on ...

These girls left backward rural areas and came to Tokyo desperate to live a better life. Now the government wants them to return," a person said on social media. Notably, Japan is facing a ...

When American businessman Brian Heywood decided to build a home in Kamakura, he wondered if he could also save some old ...

Vietnamese worker Ho Anh Duc could provide health insurance to his family back home in Vietnam thanks to a Japanese insurance company and Yamanashi prefectural officials.

The government plans to expand in fiscal 2025 the scope of eligibility for financial aid given to people moving out of Tokyo to live and find work in rural areas, in order to tackle regional labor ...

In a global first, Japan’s JR West has constructed a fully functional train station using 3D printing technology — completing ...

It is based on Imai’s tour of mountainous areas throughout Japan where he retraced sightings of the creature and learned about environmental destruction, depopulation and other issues in rural ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average land price rose for the first time in 33 years in more than half of surveyed rural areas in Japan, government data showed Tuesday, as the nation's economic ...